Simplicity Point

Simplicity Point offers web design and web programming at very affordable rates. I specialize in ASP.NET programming as well as Wordpress and phpBB modifications. In addition, I also offer pre-designed website templates, Flash templates and other template and theme products at very affordable prices.

I have uploaded BETA 6 which fixed the problem with being logged out when trying to access the WP Admin Dashboard.

Unfortunately, Beta 6 is still only compatible with version 2.7 and 2.7.1 of WordPress and WordPress mu. It does not work on 2.8 due to the change in the WordPress authentication structure. I’m hoping to find a solution to that and add a new version for 2.8 and 2.8.1 (while leaving the 2.7 branch available for download). Unfortunately, my time is still limited due to work and personal life issues.

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Between work and problems with issues in my personal life, the development of the wp-phpbb3-bridge has been temporarily put on hold. In addition, I have discovered, as others have already discovered, that the bridge does not work with WordPress 2.8. This will necessitate some additional work to try to solve, with an already busy schedule.

If you wish to use the existing plug-in, make sure you are using it with WordPress 2.7.x, and not with 2.8 or higher. I will try to get back to fixing the bugs and upgrading it to WordPress 2.8 within the next week or two.

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This synchronizes the WordPress and phpBB sessions by using the phpBB authentication as the master authentication. When this plugin is active the user is redirected to the phpbb3 login page for logging in and logging out. Registration is also handled from phpbb3, not from WordPress. If a phpbb3 user does not exist in the WordPress table (compared by email address), then a new user is created in the WordPress table by cleaning the phpBB username. Bots, guests and inactive users will force WordPress sessions to log out, if one is active. In addition, when the plugin is active, many of the phpbb3 functions are made available for use.

There are two different versions of this plugin. One is designed to be used with WordPress, the other has been optimized for use in Wordpress MU.

Feature List:

• Shares user authentication with phpBB3, by forcing phbBB to handle all the authentication.
• Adds new users to WordPress user table from the phpBB3 user table.
• Synchronizes WordPress user table from phpBB3 user table.
• Allows WordPress themes to display current/last visit date/time as displayed in phpBB3
• Widget for user login/user information from phpBB3 to be displayed.
• Meta links widget that has registration, logging in, WordPress admin, Forum moderation, and Forum administration links. phpBB3 links visible based on user authentication.
• Forum links widget that has links to various forum functions and pages based on the phpBB3 user authentication level.

WordPress Installation: Copy the wp-phpbb3-bridge folder into the WordPress plugins directory ( wp-content/plugins )

WordPress MU Installation: Copy the wpmu-phpbb3-mu.php file and the wpmu-phpbb3-bridge folder into the WordPress MU plugins directory: ( wp-content/mu-plugins )

Revision History:

• Version 0.7.1 – beta 1 – October 5, 2008
  Initial release.
  Authentication via phpbb3 user table.
  Add new users to WordPress user table from phpbb3 user table.
  Synchronize WordPress user table with phpbb3 user table.
• Version 0.7.2 – beta 2 – November 17, 2008
  Fixed bugs relating to how the user and session related values are loaded.
  Split into multiple files for ease of development.
  Language internationalization added.
  Added Current/Last Visit Date/Time functions
  Added User Info/Login Widget
  Added Meta Links Widget (Registration/Authentication/Administration)
  Added Forum Links Widget for forum specific links. Links to areas requiring user logged in will not display if user is logged out. Additionally, the admin can turn links on or off in the widget control.
• Version 0.7.3 – beta 3 – Monday, December 22, 2008
  Added check to wpb_is_active() function that will automatically disable the bridge if it is unable to find the phpbb3 config file.
• Version 0.7.4 – beta 4 – Saturday, March 14, 2009
  Created WordPress mu plugin based on the original WordPress plugin.
• Version 0.7.5 – beta 5 – Friday, April 3, 2009
  BUG FIX: New user was being created if they changed their email address in phpbb. Now user in WP is being updated instead of recreated.
• Version 0.7.6 – beta 6 – Saturday, July 11, 2009
  BUG FIX: The issue that some users were experiencing where they were getting logged out when trying to access the WP Admin Dashboard has been fixed.
  NOTE: This plug-in is only compatible with 2.7 or 2.7.1. Due to changes in the authentication structure in WP 2.8 and higher, I haven’t been able to get the authentication to work for 2.8.

Both plugins are currently being used on the Quarrels and Quills web site. Quarrels and Quills uses WordPress MU for the site blog and the user blogs, while the webcomics are being powered by Wordpress.

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